Name Rick Smith Spouse Tiffany Smith | Education Purdue University | |
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Role American football executive | ||
Rick Smith is the General Manager of the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). Smith oversees all football-related operations and the player acquisition process as Houston Texans Executive Vice President of Football Operations and General Manager. Smith is in his tenth season as General Manager and fourth as Executive Vice President of Football Operations.
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Named general manager by owner Bob McNair on June 5, 2006, Smith’s appointment made him the youngest general manager in the NFL at 36.
Biography
Rick Smith played for the Purdue Boilermakers as a strong safety. He graduated from that institution, where he served as a coach. After this stint, he coached for a month at Texas Christian University before going to the NFL.
He became the General Manager of the Houston Texans succeeding Charley Casserly in that role. According to the Texans website, he is responsible for all aspects of football operations, salary cap management and budgeting. He had been with the Denver Broncos organization as a coach then in the front office. In 2016, he was given a contract extension through 2020.
Rick Smith is an executive board member of Pro-Vision, a charter school and non-profit organization in Houston that provides educational services to children.